World championship silver medalist Megumi Tachimoto is retiring from competition, her sponsor announced Tuesday.
Tachimoto, who competed in the open weight class early in her career before moving to the over-78-kg ...

Japan earned a 4-1 victory over France to capture the mixed team event title for the second straight year and added an eighth gold medal to a 17-medal haul as the World Judo Championships wrapped up on Thursday.
On the final day at National Gymnastics ...

Sarah Asahina clinched gold in the over 78-kg weight class at the World Judo Championships on Wednesday as all nine Japanese reached the podium in the women's classifications.
It was the first time since the inauguration of the women's world championships in 1980 that every ...

Shori Hamada marked her world championships debut, and her 28th birthday, with an added-time victory in the women's 78-kg weight class on Tuesday.
The final between the Tokyo Grand Slam winner and world No. 1 Guusje Steenhuis of the Netherlands at the National Gymnastics Arena ...

Chizuru Arai defended her title at the World Judo Championships on Monday, becoming the first Japanese woman in 15 years to win back-to-back titles in the 70-kg division.
Arai defeated Tbilisi Grand Prix winner Marie Eve Gahie of France in 90 seconds in the final ...

Tsukasa Yoshida won the women's 57-kg division at the judo world championships on Saturday, while compatriot Soichi Hashimoto settled for silver in the men's 73-kg class.
Yoshida's gold made it four for Japan from six divisions for men and women combined after three days of ...

Uta Abe won her first World Judo Championships gold medal on Friday, while her brother Hifumi defended his men's under-66 kg title.
Abe beat compatriot and defending champion Ai Shishime in the women's under-52 kg final. Abe won all five of her matches at the ...

Naohisa Takato earned his second straight gold medal and Funa Tonaki picked up a silver to boost Japan into an early lead at the World Judo Championships, which kicked off Thursday.
Takato successfully defended his men's under-60 kg weight class title and became a three-time ...

Two-time Olympic gold medalists Hitoshi Saito and Ayumi Tanimoto were inducted into the International Judo Federation Hall of Fame on Tuesday ahead of the world championships which kick off on Thursday.
Saito was inducted posthumously following his death at age 54 from bile duct cancer ...

Japan was again head and shoulders above the competition on the judo mats Saturday, claiming another victory by pulverizing Kazakhstan 4-0 in the gold-medal contest of the Asian Games inaugural mixed team event.
A day after matching their record medal haul with their eighth gold ...